my little 2ft cube

[drato11]

Hi all, just wanna share the development of my 2ft cube til now. Tank was set up in end Dec 05. Went thru 2 major rescaping to wat it is today.

Comments are welcomed!

[drato11]

My little Rics Garden!

[drato11]

Shot from the side of the tank.

[drato11]

I luv Sunnies!

[drato11]

one of my fav fish, the Long Nose!

[sunnymau]

wat more can i say.......... speechless........

nice and sweet... the sand bed dust free.....

spec please

[KennethK]

Nice colour, nice coralline. Very vibrant!

[drato11]

Tank is 2ft x 2ft x 2ft.

Sump is slightly smaller than 2ft.

Return Pump: OR 3500

Chiller Pump t-off to FR: OR 2500

FR: Skimz fluidized reactor

Chiller: Resun 280

Skimmer: Reef Octopus NW-110

Livestocks:

Yellow Tang

Blue Tang

Dispar Anthias

03 x Blue eyes anthias

Long Nose Hawkfish

02 x Golden Clown Goby

Sally Lightfoot crab

Blue Starfish

Red Starfish

Sandshifting starfish

Golden Maroon Clown

2 x Sand Dollars

Corals:

Red mouth "doughnut" prata (injured, currently recovering)

02 x Bicolour prata

Green prata (also injured)

2 bicolour Brain

1 lumi green brain (my fav!)

Florida Rics (just simply love them!)

Red mushrooms

Pink zoos

Eagle eye zoos

Yellow seafan

2 sun corals

1 lumi green tip hammer

Red echinophillas (if i've gotten the spelling right)

Orange enchinatas (again, dun really know the spelling)

2 x Coco worms (after their head drop and regrow, became pinkish colour )

2 tiny frags of plating monti (1 green, 1 brownish wif pinkish tip)

[drato11]

Initial tank shot, when i just got it in dec 05.

[Reefzzz]

Bro, how did u maintain ur calcium level? Your coraline algae is just fantastic?

Willing to share your recipe?

Are u using argoniate sand?

[Reefzzz]

really love ur open concept rock scaping... no room for debrius to accumulate...

very nicceeee

[drato11]

Bro, how did u maintain ur calcium level? Your coraline algae is just fantastic?

Willing to share your recipe?

Are u using argoniate sand?

I maintain my calcium level by dosing Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium. Used to dissolve it in fresh water then drip them, nowadays super lazy, just scoop the powder and dump it in the sump!

However i have a problem maintaining the KH in my tank. Have to dose everyday, else if 1 day never dose, the KH drop to as low as 4!!! Dunno whether it's becos of the coralline algae. Gonna add a CR soon, kinda overkill for a 2ft tank.

I'm just using normal Grade 0 sand. The sand dollars are doing a fantastic job cleaning the sandbed!

[acidjazz]

Looking good. . .

Since its a 2ft cube, wun need much rics to cover the entire sand bed. . say about 100-150. . . slowly stock up!!!

[drato11]

really love ur open concept rock scaping... no room for debrius to accumulate...

very nicceeee

This was what it looks like previously. Overstocked, overcrowded.

Don't like the very "squeezy" look. So took out everything, sold some fishes and corals, removed some LR, did a rescaping. Now I prefer my new "clean" look.

[drato11]

Looking good. . .

Since its a 2ft cube, wun need much rics to cover the entire sand bed. . say about 100-150. . . slowly stock up!!!

haha.... Bro, recognise some of the rics?

Not going to stock up liao. No space in the tank oredi. My aim now is to slowly nurse my injured pratas n brain back to health.

[acidjazz]

haha.... Bro, recognise some of the rics?

Not going to stock up liao. No space in the tank oredi. My aim now is to slowly nurse my injured pratas n brain back to health.

haha. . . a lot of rics garden originated from me. .

Its pretty impressive how much u can do to a 2ft cube.

To add a calcium reactor to ur tank is indeed overkill, but its a good investment for lazy people. No need everyday dose addictives!

[Reefzzz]

I maintain my calcium level by dosing Seachem Reef Advantage Calcium. Used to dissolve it in fresh water then drip them, nowadays super lazy, just scoop the powder and dump it in the sump!

However i have a problem maintaining the KH in my tank. Have to dose everyday, else if 1 day never dose, the KH drop to as low as 4!!! Dunno whether it's becos of the coralline algae. Gonna add a CR soon, kinda overkill for a 2ft tank.

I'm just using normal Grade 0 sand. The sand dollars are doing a fantastic job cleaning the sandbed!

KH drop as much as 4 if not dose for a day!!!!!

my 10x sand star did a fantastic job as well.... i may have over stock for just a 3 ft tank.. but just love them... gg to add sand star too...

[drato11]

I also dunno wat's wrong wif my tank's KH. Just can't seem to keep it stable. Will post update of the tank once i get a CR up and running!

Wow! 10x sand star in ur tank!

[giantbicycle]

Dude, Nice tank there, same dimension as your tank, its difficult to stack right.

[acidjazz]

I also dunno wat's wrong wif my tank's KH. Just can't seem to keep it stable. Will post update of the tank once i get a CR up and running!

Wow! 10x sand star in ur tank!

Looks like we are both looking for CR.

When i had the kalkreactor and calcium reactor running side by side for my previous set up, coraline algae bloomed like mad!

Most imptly, can stop dosing addictives!

[Reefzzz]

Looks like we are both looking for CR.

When i had the kalkreactor and calcium reactor running side by side for my previous set up, coraline algae bloomed like mad!

Most imptly, can stop dosing addictives!

in the long run, CR should be more cost effective, i think. At least, it is a one do everything equipment in maintaining the Ca, Mg, etc.... and less time consuming..

[colinsoon]

fotos!!!!!

[drato11]

Updated FTS of my cube!

Added 2 crocea, 1 SPS.

The prata on the top right corner is looking very bad. Can't seem to help it recover.

[drato11]

My twin clams.... but can't seem to get a proper exposure for the shot. The colour is not as it looks in real life.

[drato11]

this shot looks much more bluish....